1999
Death of Mario Puzo, American novelist and screenwriter (The Godfather)

1964
US Civil Rights Act was signed into law

1928
The Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. British women were granted the same voting rights as men and their voting age.

1908
Birth of Thurgood Marshall, the first black US Supreme Court Justice .

1877
Birth or Hermann Hesse, noverlist

1850
Death of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister

1819
Cotton Mills & Factory Act stated that no children under 9 to be employed - frequently ignored and reinforced in the 1833 Factory Act

1808
Canadian explorer Simon Fraser and his crew reached the Pacific Ocean having explored the full length of the Fraser River (This was instrumental in establishing Canada’s boundary).

1800
Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland

1778
Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher

1645
Battle of Alford
1644
Battle of Marston Moor, near York – Parliamentarian forces beat the Royalists

1486
Birth of Jacopo Sansovino, sculpture
